Oklahoma § 82-896.16 - User fees - Licenses – Fines

§ 82-896.16. User fees - Licenses – Fines

A. 1. Until replaced or changed as provided for in subsection

C of this section, the Grand River Dam Authority is authorized and

directed to charge an annual use fee of Thirty-five Dollars ($35.00)

per commercially owned and operated flotation device on the Illinois

River within Adair, Cherokee and Delaware Counties.

2. The operation of a commercial flotation device without

displaying a proper license issued by the Authority shall result in

a fine not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). The fine shall

be assessed upon the owner or operator of the commercial flotation

device business and not upon the individual renting the commercial

flotation device.

3. Commercial flotation devices shall not be operated on Flint

Creek in Delaware County and those portions of Barren Creek in

Cherokee County.

B. For the Flint Creek and Illinois River within Adair,

Cherokee and Delaware Counties and those portions of Barren Fork

Creek within Cherokee County, the Authority is authorized and

directed to charge until replaced or changed as provided for in

subsection C of this section:

1. An annual use fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00) per noncommercial,

privately owned device; or

2. A use fee of One Dollar ($1.00) per day for all

noncommercial, privately owned flotation devices floating upon a

designated scenic river. Landowners located immediately adjacent to

a designated scenic river shall not be required to pay any fee for

private use as authorized in this section or otherwise by law.

C. Under the provisions of Section 896.2 of this title granting

the Authority the power to establish licenses and set fees, the

Authority may promulgate rules for the collection and administration

of the fees imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section or

may promulgate rules establishing licenses, providing for the

issuance, renewal, revocation, denial, and suspension of licenses,

and setting fees that change or replace the licenses and fees

imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section. Upon final

adoption of rules changing or replacing any or all of the licenses

and fees imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section, the

Authority shall cease to impose, collect or charge the license and

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fee that was changed or replaced by rule. Rules promulgated by the

Authority pursuant to this section shall be in accordance with the

Administrative Procedures Act.

D. Until replaced or changed as provided for in subsection C of

this section, the Grand River Dam Authority may charge a fee for use

of camping sites located in public use and access areas controlled

by the Authority in an amount that does not exceed the rate charged

by the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department for camping sites.

E. For the purposes of the Scenic Rivers Act, "commercial

flotation device" means a canoe, boat, kayak, inner tube, raft or

other similar device suitable for the transportation of a person or

persons on waterways which is available for hire by the public for

use on scenic rivers.

Added by Laws 1980, c. 354, § 19, emerg. eff. June 25, 1980.

Amended by Laws 1983, c. 332, § 4, emerg. eff. June 29, 1983; Laws

1987, c. 208, § 105, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1987, c. 236, §

100, emerg. eff. July 20, 1987; Laws 1989, c. 147, § 5, emerg. eff.

May 1, 1989; Laws 1989, c. 249, § 37, emerg. eff. July 1, 1989; Laws

1990, c. 205, § 5, emerg. eff. May 10, 1990; Laws 1993, c. 61, § 1,

emerg. eff. April 12, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 241, § 25, eff. July 1,

1997; Laws 2000, c. 318, § 2, emerg. eff. June 5, 2000; Laws 2001,

c. 76, § 1, emerg. eff. April 11, 2001; Laws 2001, c. 355, § 20,

emerg. eff. June 1, 2001; Laws 2003, c. 192, § 7, emerg. eff. May 7,

2003; Laws 2003, c. 364, § 1, eff. July 1, 2003; Laws 2008, c. 301,

§ 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Laws 2010, c. 391, § 1; Laws 2016, c. 297, §

19, eff. July 1, 2016. Renumbered from § 1470 of this title by Laws

2016, c. 297, § 36, eff. July 1, 2016. Amended by Laws 2023, c.

139, § 1, emerg. eff. May 1, 2023.